Post 01013E : VACCINES OUT OF THE COLD CHAIN

Post 01013E : VACCINES OUT OF THE COLD CHAIN Follow-up on Post 01007E 20 November 2006 ____________________________________ The following contribution is from Serge Ganivet (mailto:[email protected]) from Zimbabwe, asking a very relevant question. ____________________________________ The Vietnam experience of administering the birth dose of HepB out of the cold chain is very interesting. Given these results in terms of both coverage thus accessibility, and immunity, why not take the subsequent doses of the immunisation schedule also out of the cold chain in rural areas? Thank you. Serge ______________________________________________________________________________ All members of the TechNet21 e-Forum are invited to send comments on any posting or to use the forum to raise a new discussion or request technical information in relation to immunization services. The comments made in this forum are the sole responsibility of the writers and do not in any way mean that they are endorsed by any of the organizations and agencies to which the authors may belong. ______________________________________________________________________________ Visit the TECHNET21 Website at http://www.technet21.org You will find instructions to subscribe, a direct access to archives, links to reference documents and other features. ______________________________________________________________________________ To UNSUBSCRIBE, send a message to : mailto:[email protected] Leave the subject area BLANK In the message body, write unsubscribe TECHNET21E ______________________________________________________________________________ The World Health Organization and UNICEF support TechNet21. The TechNet21 e-Forum is a communication/information tool for generation of ideas on how to improve immunization services. It is moderated by Claude Letarte and is hosted in cooperation with the Centre de coopération internationale en santé et développement, Québec, Canada (http://www.ccisd.org) ______________________________________________________________________________